Rank and Name, Ensign James Scott Adkins.
Unit/placed, USS LST-348 (Tank Landing Ship), United States Naval Reserve.
James was born approx. on July 30, 1922 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Father, Walter S. Adkins.
Mother, Cathryn L. (Gravis) Adkins.
James entered the service from Texas with service number # O-257492.
James S. Adkins rank/duty was an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve .
James S. Adkins was KIA when the LST-348 was hit by an Torpedo from U-410 off the Coast of Anzio and sunk, on Feb. 21, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal..
James is mentioned/buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160348.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
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Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
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